# Arnaud Mournetas

> Arnaud Mournetas is a Paris-based entrepreneur, co-founder of startup studio Redstart and co-founder and managing director of Lise, Lightning Stock Exchange. His work spans company creation, operational support for founders, business-angel education and stock-market access for smaller businesses. Lise completed its first IPO with ST Group in April 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Managing Director at Lise; Co-founder at Redstart
- **Organizations:** Redstart, Kriptown, Lise, RedStart Tunisie, Theano Advisors
- **Education:** Specialized master’s in entrepreneurship, École nationale supérieure d’Arts et Métiers / ENSAM
- **Known for:** Co-founded Redstart in 2016., Co-founded Kriptown, the financing platform behind the Lise project., Helped build Lise, which received authorization to operate a DLT trading-and-settlement system in 2025.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2016** — Founded a business involving polymer-material applications while still a student, then worked in consulting.
- **2015** — Credited as a contributor from Theano Advisors to research on growth models for the French food industry.
- **2016** — Co-founded Redstart, a startup studio providing operational support to entrepreneurs.
- **2017** — Met future Kriptown partners Mark Kepeneghian, Jérémy Lachaud and Mathieu Esteve, according to his own retrospective.
- **2018** — Co-launched Kriptown and began financing operations.
- **2020** — Participated in the launch webinar for the Red’Innov entrepreneurship program in Tunisia.
- **2022** — Kriptown secured seed financing from ACCURAFY4, according to his retrospective.
- **2024** — Announced Kriptown’s €4.2 million Series A, with BNP Paribas, Bpifrance and Centilux joining its capital.
- **2025** — Lise announced its DLT trading-and-settlement authorization in October.
- **2026** — As Lise co-founder and managing director, worked on SME market access; ST Group became its first IPO, raising €2.07 million in April.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Redstart in 2016.
- Co-founded Kriptown, the financing platform behind the Lise project.
- Helped build Lise, which received authorization to operate a DLT trading-and-settlement system in 2025.
- Lise completed its first IPO with industrial company ST Group in April 2026, raising €2.07 million.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Lise published a video on 28 September of Mournetas explaining SME stock-market financing at SEPEM Industries.
- **2026-04** — ST Group completed the first IPO on Lise, raising €2.07 million.
- **2025-10** — Lise announced regulatory authorization for its DLT trading-and-settlement infrastructure.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-mournetas/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21